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Report: We Don’t Need More Infrastructure — We Need Congestion Pricing
A new Brookings report says U.S. highway conditions have been improving every year for more than a decade, according to the Federal Highway Administration's own accounting.
February 14, 2019
Is Subprime Auto Lending the Next Housing Bubble?
Low-income people are increasingly being trapped in a cycle of debt by subprime auto lending. The American transportation system offers them few alternatives.
February 13, 2019
Walking and Biking are Hurt by Lack of National Leadership: Report
Biking and walking have leveled off and are becoming more dangerous. The federal government and states aren't doing enough.
February 11, 2019
Judge, Court Date Set for Motorcyclist Charged With Assaulting Bike Riders
Defendant Zach Konecki's next hearing takes place on March 6 at the Cook County courthouse in Skokie.
February 7, 2019
What Maps Tell Us About Chicagoland’s Mode Split
How does our region stack up compared to peer metro areas?
February 7, 2019
All the Bad Things About Uber and Lyft In One Simple List
More traffic, less transit trips, more traffic deaths, greater social stratification: A comprehensive list. (It's long.)
February 6, 2019
Utah Moving Forward on ‘Idaho Stop’ for Cyclists
Cyclists could treat stop signs and red lights as yields under a bill recently passed out of committee with bipartisan support in the Utah House.
February 1, 2019
New House Transportation Chair: ‘We Need to Move Beyond Fossil Fuel’
Peter Defazio, the new chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, talks bikes, pedestrians and transit — and getting us off fossil fuel.
January 29, 2019
Talking Headways Podcast: Meet a Bus Driver and Housing Activist
This week, we're chatting with Laura Loe of Share the Cities.
January 25, 2019
Seattle’s Viadoom: The ‘Carmageddon’ That Wasn’t
We've seen this before: Freeways induce driving and when one closes people adapt their choices accordingly. There is no "carmageddon" after all.
January 24, 2019
